JPH09203247A - Car door outside handle - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] [Problem] To improve the steering feel. SOLUTION: The handle rotation levers 11 and 11 which are connected to a handle bracket 10 pivotally support a connecting lever 6 on handle brackets 4 and 4 which are provided on an escutcheon 3, respectively.
By engaging the arc-shaped guide slits 12, 12 with the guide pins 13, 13 protruding from the side surfaces of the handle brackets 11, 11, and sliding the handle rotation levers 11, 11 in the handle pull-out direction, The connecting lever 6 engaged at 8 and 14 rotates in the unlatch direction to unlatch the door lock device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle door outside handle, and more particularly to a pull-up operation type door outside handle.

[0002]

In the pull-out type door outside handle, the handle handle portion is pulled up to rotate as a branch at the connection point with the handle bracket, and the door outside handle is overhanged from the connection point. Since the operation force in the unlatching direction is transmitted to the door lock device, if the amount of protrusion of the door outer panel to the outside of the vehicle is increased due to the vehicle body modeling requirements, the end portion unlatching operation stroke is secured. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the amount of overhang from the connecting point of the end portion, and accordingly, when it is attempted to secure the non-interference clearance between the end portion and the door window panel, the overall thickness width of the door is increased. Not only does the living space in the passenger compartment become narrower, but also the weight of the door increases and it goes against the weight reduction of the vehicle body. Cormorant.

In addition to such a problem, the fully open pull-up angle of the handle hand-holding portion is also enlarged, so that the hand is not slipped off from the handle hand-hold portion at the time of fully-open pull-up so that the rear surface of the lower end of the handle hand-hold portion is not removed. It is necessary to increase the shape of the raised ridge and the feel is reduced.

Therefore, the present invention involves enlarging the overall thickness of the door and enlarging the full-handle pull-up angle of the handle even when there is a molding change in which the amount of protrusion of the door outer panel to the outside of the vehicle is increased. It is intended to provide a door outside handle for a car that never happens.

[0005]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a handle lever fixed to a door outer panel and rotatably supported by a handle bracket for unlatching the door lock device, and a handle with respect to the handle bracket. And a handle turning lever which is slidably mounted in the pull-out direction, engages with the connecting lever, and slides when the handle grip portion is pulled out to turn the connecting lever in the unlatch direction. .

According to a second aspect of the present invention, while the pair of handle brackets according to the first aspect are provided on the rear surface of the escutcheon, the handle rotation levers are provided at both end portions of the handle grip portion, and the handle handle lever is provided. The turning lever is characterized in that a guide pin protruding from the side surface of the handle bracket and an arc-shaped guide slit provided on the handle turning lever are engaged and assembled.

A third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the pair of handle brackets according to the second aspect are provided with the guide pins projectingly provided on the respective side surfaces so as to be offset in the vehicle width direction.

[0008]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the handle turning lever is slidable with respect to the handle bracket in the handle withdrawing direction, and the connecting lever is attached to the handle bracket independently of the handle turning lever. Support
Since the handle rotation lever slides to rotate in the unlatch direction, even when the amount of protrusion of the door outer panel to the outside of the vehicle is increased,
A specified unlatch actuation stroke can be obtained without changing the lever length of the connecting lever, and therefore the overall thickness of the door is not increased.

Even when the amount of protrusion of the door outer panel to the outside of the vehicle is increased in this way, the handle rotation lever slides in the handle pull-out direction as a whole, so that the handle handle is fully opened and pulled up. Does not change, and therefore the hand does not slip off even if the shape of the raised ridge on the lower back surface of the handle handle does not change, and the feel of the handle is not impaired.

Further, since the handle rotation lever slides in the handle pull-out direction as a whole as described above, the operation feeling can be improved.

According to claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, since the handle rotating lever slides along the arc of the slit, the sliding operation of the handle rotating lever is matched with the pulling up behavior of the hand. Therefore, the operation feeling can be further improved.

Further, the required operation feeling can be obtained by changing the arcuate degree of the guide slit.

According to claim 3, in addition to the effect of claim 2, since the pair of guide pins are offset in the vehicle width direction and engage with the arc-shaped guide slits, the guide pin of the handle turning lever is provided. It is possible to improve quality and reliability without causing rattling in the direction of rotation about the axis.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a door outer panel, 2 denotes a door outside handle attached to the door outer panel 1, and a rear surface of an escutcheon 3 fastened and fixed to the door outer panel 1 by a stud bolt and a nut (not shown). Is provided with a pair of front and rear handle brackets 4, 4.

A supporting shaft 5 is rotatably supported across the upper ends of the handle brackets 4 and 4, and a connecting lever 6 is fixed to one end of the supporting shaft 5.

The connecting lever 6 has a rod connecting portion 7 formed at the upper end and an engaging portion 8 formed at the lower end.
The end of the rod connecting portion 7 is connected to a door lock device (both the rod and the door lock device are not shown) via a rod.

Further, a return spring 9 is arranged around the support shaft 5 between the handle bracket 4 on the side of the connecting lever 6 and the connecting lever 6 to rotate the connecting lever 6 to the initial position. Is urged.

A handle turning lever 11 is continuously provided on the rear surface of both front and rear ends of the handle holding portion 10 accommodated in the escutcheon 3. The handle turning lever 1
Numerals 1 and 11 are arranged so as to project to the back side of the door outer panel 1 through guide holes 3a provided in the escutcheon 3.

The handle turning levers 11 and 11 are formed with arc-shaped guide slits 12 and 12 which are long in the vehicle width direction, and these guide slits 12 and 12 are projected to the lower side surfaces of the handle brackets 4 and 4. Installed guide pin 13,
13 is engaged with 13 to be slidably attached to the handle brackets 4 and 4 in the handle pull-out direction.

Further, at one end of the handle turning lever 11, there is provided an engaging portion 14 which is formed so as to rise upward so as to abut against the engaging portion 8 of the connecting lever 6, and the handle grip portion 10 is provided. By pulling in the handle pull-out direction with a hand, the connecting lever 6 is rotated in the unlatch direction against the spring force of the return spring 9 to unlatch the door lock device.

In this embodiment, the guide pins 13 and 13 are arranged offset in the vehicle width direction to prevent rattling of the handle brackets 11 in the direction of rotation about the guide pins 13 and 13. I try not to occur.

According to the structure of the above-described embodiment, when the handgrip 10 is put on the hand and pulled up in the direction of pulling out the handle, the handle turning lever 11 causes the guide pins 13 and 13 to move.
In contrast, the guide slits 12 and 12 are slid as a whole, and the engaging portion 14 pushes the engaging portion 8 of the connecting lever 6 toward the outside of the vehicle to rotate the connecting lever 6 in the unlatch direction. Then, the door lock device is unlatched.

When the hand is removed from the handle grip portion 10, the connecting lever 6 is returned to the initial position by the spring force of the return spring 9, and the engaging portion 8 pulls the engaging portion 14 toward the inside of the door to handle it. Rotating lever 11
And the handle 10 is returned to its original position.

As described above, the handle turning lever 11 is slidable in the handle pull-out direction with respect to the handle bracket 4, and the connecting lever 6 is pivotally supported on the handle bracket 4 independently of the handle turning lever 11. Since the connecting lever 6 is rotated in the unlatching direction by the sliding operation of the handle rotation lever 11, the amount of protrusion of the door outer panel 1 to the outside of the vehicle is indicated by the chain line in FIG. Even if it is expanded as shown by, the specified unlatch operation stroke S can be obtained without changing the lever length of the connecting lever 6, that is, the dimension L between the shaft fulcrum of the connecting lever 6 and the rod connecting point.

Therefore, when the amount of protrusion of the door outer panel 1 to the outside of the vehicle is increased in this way, the length of the handle turning lever 11 may be changed in accordance with the amount of protrusion, in other words, the door outer panel. It is sufficient to use the handle rotation lever 11 having a length corresponding to the amount of protrusion of the vehicle outer side of 1, so that the thickness of the entire door can be increased without changing the arrangement positions of the connection lever 6 and the door window panel 15. It can be avoided.

As a result, there is no possibility that the living space in the vehicle compartment is narrowed or the weight of the door is increased, which is against the weight reduction of the vehicle body.

Even when the amount of protrusion of the door outer panel 1 to the outside of the vehicle is increased in this way, the handle rotation lever 11 slides in the handle pull-out direction as a whole, so that the handle 10 is fully opened. The pull-up angle θ hardly changes, and therefore the handle grip 10
Even if the shape of the ridge 10a on the back surface of the lower end of the is not greatly changed, the hand does not slip off and the hand feel is not impaired.

Further, since the handle rotation lever 11 slides in the handle pull-out direction as described above,
The operation feeling can be improved.

In particular, in the present embodiment, since the guide slit 12 of the handle turning lever 11 is formed in an arc shape, the sliding operation of the handle turning lever 11 can be matched with the pulling behavior of the hand. The operation feeling can be further improved.

Further, it is possible to obtain the required operation feeling by changing the arcuate degree (radius of the arc) of the guide slit 12.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a mounted state of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the door outside handle of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Door Outer Panel 2 Door Outside Handle 3 Escussion 4 Handle Bracket 6 Connecting Lever 10 Handle Handle 11 Handle Rotating Lever 12 Guide Slit 13 Guide Pin

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A connecting lever rotatably supported by a handle bracket fixed to a door outer panel for unlatching a door lock device; and a connecting lever slidably attached to the handle bracket in a handle pull-out direction and the connection. A door outside handle for an automobile, comprising: a handle rotation lever that engages with the lever and slides by pulling out a handle handle to rotate the connection lever in the unlatching direction. 2. The pair of handle brackets are provided on the rear surface of the escutcheon, while the handle rotation levers are provided on both side ends of the handle grip portion, and the handle rotation levers are provided on the side surface of the handle bracket. The guide pin and an arc-shaped guide slit provided on the handle rotation lever are engaged and assembled.
Car door outside handle as described. 3. The door outside handle of an automobile according to claim 2, wherein the guide pins projecting from each side surface of the pair of handle brackets are arranged offset in the vehicle width direction.